Nom-de-Plume is a British television drama series made and first broadcast by BBC Television in 1956.
Each episode tells a stand-alone story of a notable man or woman and has a length of thirty minutes. The common theme running through them all is that the name the main character is well known by, usually a pen name or stage name, is not revealed until near the end.
The series was created by Hector and Dorothy Crawford. [1]
Friday 18 May 1956 [2]
Written by Antony Brown [2]
A Polish seaman called Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski turns himself into a writer in English, his fourth language.
Friday 25 May 1956
Charles L. Dodgson is an Oxford mathematician and clergyman who has other ambitions.
Friday 1 June 1956
Friday 8 June 1956 [3]
Written by Ian Dallas [3]
Aurore Dupin de Francueil is a French girl with ambitions.
Friday 15 June 1956
Something happens in the life of Samuel L. Clemens.
Friday 22 June 1956
Ludwig I of Bavaria takes a dancer called Eliza as a mistress, who soon has real power in the land.
Friday 29 June 1956
Friday 6 July 1956 Edgar Allan Poe has dreams and nightmares.
Friday 20 July 1956
Friday 27 July 1956
Friday 3 August 1956
Friday 10 August 1956 [4] Written by Robert Furnival [4]
Friday 17 August 1956 [5]
Written by Richard Wade [5]
Produced by Peter Lambert [5]
Designed by Gordon Roland [5]
Friday 24 August 1956
Friday 31 August 1956 [6]
Written by Ian Dallas [6]
Directed by Frank Dermody
Magical adviser Geoffrey Robinson
Designed by Norman James
Friday 7 September 1956 [7]
Written by Michael Voysey [7]
Produced by Lyon Todd [7]
Designed by Gordon Roland [7]
Friday 14 September 1956 [1]
Written by Elwyn Jones [1] Produced by Peter Lambert [1]
Designed by Douglas Smith [1]
A young Frenchman called François-Marie Arouet has an adventure.
Friday 21 September 1956 This story begins in London in 1929 and ends in Hollywood three years later.